Trump officials don't want to work with Boris Johnson 'because they think he's a joke'

[T_i_B]

http://uk.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-administration-think-boris-johnson-is-a-joke-2017-8

LONDON — Members of President Donald Trump's government reportedly do not want to deal with British Foreign Secretary because "they think he's a joke."

White House officials, as well as diplomats across Europe, are baffled by Prime Minister Theresa May's decision to make Johnson Britain's foreign secretary and struggle to take him seriously, according to senior sources cited by The Times Rachel Sylvester.

Figures in President Trump's White House "don’t want to go anywhere near Boris because they think he’s a joke," diplomatic sources have told Sylvester, while a current government minister said: "It’s worse in Europe. There is not a single foreign minister there who takes him seriously. They think he’s a clown who can never resist a gag."

"The French think Boris is totally unreliable, the Germans think he’s a liar and the Italians think he’s dangerous," one Conservative MP told Sylvester.

"He is undermining our ability to negotiate internationally and degrading our position abroad. The foreign secretary is supposed to enhance Britain’s reputation but all over the world Boris is making matters worse."

[Sedona]

1. Pot, meet kettle.

[DonaldsRump]

2. You can change almost every reference to "Boris" and "Johnson"

to "Donald" and "Trump" in the above snippet and come up with an equally factually true story!

Try it! It's fun!!!

[shenmue]

3. Yes

[BigmanPigman]

4. I guess they didn't get the memo with the definition of "irony" in their in boxes yet.

[LeftishBrit]

5. My irony meter just exploded.

It seems somehow appropriate that the American President has a name that means 'Fart' to the British, and the British Foreign Secretary has a name that means 'Prick' to Americans.

[syringis]

6. They don't but they should...

This is what smart people do when such great minds thinking alike meet.

Boris and Donald are each literally copy/paste of the other. They don't even need a mirror when they are together